(Kaieteur News) – Two bandits on a bicycle robbed a 60-year-old woman at gunpoint on Wednesday evening at Congress Drive, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

Police said the woman was walking home around 20:45 hrs when the men pounced on her as she turned into an alleyway.

One of the bandits, armed with a handgun, pointed the weapon at her and grabbed her shoulder bag, which contained a Samsung Galaxy cellphone, her ID card, and a bank card. He then escaped with his accomplice on the bicycle, heading in a northern direction.